Growing up, “Teddie” was a sickly child who suffered from asthma. His father, who wanted a rugged son, was completely disappointed. Teddie decided that he would “make his body” and enrolled in...

Even though President Washington chose the site of the president’s home, he never had the chance to live in it. In 1800, President Adams was the first person to live in the “White House,” which ...

More United States presidents were born in October than any other month—and none of them were born on the same day. Can you name all of them? Here are a few hints about each of the six: 1. He was a ...

Two presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), were involved in making Thanksgiving a formal holiday, but George Washington was actually the first president to proclaim a day of than...

During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, delegates Elbridge Gerry and George Mason proposed adding a bill of rights to preface the U.S. Constitution, but this idea was unanimously rejected by the...

While the United States was not yet involved in the Second World War, President Franklin D. Roosevelt thought it was important to begin training American men for military service just in case his coun...

Only two times in American history have there been three presidents that served in the same year. The first time was in 1841 and the second was in 1881. The 1881 year started with Rutherford B. Hayes ...

Over the course of the day, four airplanes were hijacked mid-flight by 19 members of the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. Two planes crashed into the upper floors of the North and South towers (the T...

During the War of 1812, the United States Army received supplies from a variety of organizations and individuals, one of which was Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York. He labeled his barr...

The Newseum is an interactive museum that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology, and hands-on exhibits. Interesting Exhibits: Bloomberg Internet, TV, and Radio Gallery...